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Tom Waits

musicismylife78musicismylife78 Posts: 6,116
edited January 2006 in Other Music
Anyone a fan of his?

I think he cool, he is so unique and unlike all that crap out there today.

My question is, why did he change is singing style. It sounds good, but he didnt always sing a growl. Anyone read anything why he ended up doing this.

Its a real exaggerated voice.

But Tom Waits rocks. He's the man
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  • mookie blaylock 10mookie blaylock 10 Posts: 4,042
    he is indeed unique, as you said che. not too certain about the growl, though. my favourite waits tune is "picture in a frame".
  • sj_2150sj_2150 Posts: 275
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  • moloko21moloko21 Posts: 114
    it could have been all the whiskey and cigarettes.
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  • sj_2150sj_2150 Posts: 275
    moloko21 wrote:
    it could have been all the whiskey and cigarettes.
    it may have been that, maybe age, maybe he was searching for a more defined voice
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  • SathogwaSathogwa Posts: 227
    While he has always been rootsy (a lot of blues, jazz, and even country in his music), stylistically he changed big-time, from his first few recordings, to the rest of his work. His early stuff is more straight ahead jazz. I think he was going for more of a traditional singing style and voice to go with the more traditional sounding music he was doing at that time. When he got real experimental later on, his voice changed also. He uses it as more of a seperate instrument to add to the texture of the music. It is just another aspect of the overall sound he can experiment with.
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  • RAT!RAT! Posts: 115
    yes tom waits is the mutha fuckin shit his voice has always been a bit

    on the growly side maybe a bit more now with the bullhorns and shit

    but i love every tom waits album period
  • isa fruscianteisa frusciante Posts: 94
    He had cancer of the throat, so that changed his vioce...
    but hes great, no doubt about that...
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  • isa fruscianteisa frusciante Posts: 94
    sj_2150 wrote:
    T O M
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    AMEN!!!!!!!!!
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  • esther1977esther1977 Posts: 540
    Tom Waits s great i really this guy's songs and that voice aaah great.
    I def want to see this man in concert!!
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  • elmerelmer Posts: 1,683
    yeah his voice on -Closing time- and -heart of a sat night- was a more standard way of singing, but swordfish trombones is possibly my all time fav recording
  • onejourneyonejourney Posts: 285
    isa frusciante wrote:
    He had cancer of the throat, so that changed his vioce...
    but hes great, no doubt about that...

    I'd consider myself as big a Tom Waits fan as anyone...but Ive never heard that. I'll have to do some research now.


    Tom is the man! :D
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